Well there is an option in settings to do a wipe for personal use or if you are recycling the PC.
I chose to not keep files or do a low level wipe and refresh but instead deleted files and did a normal refresh.
It essentially resets Win 10 and ditches your files without a low level format, you will not need a USB stick, DVD, or your key to do this.
Last edited by Udonitron; 16 Mar 2017 at 11:49.
Check out the end of this question feed. I think they found the solution. Currently trying it out
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...4-919127141563
Yeah that is an older solution but not a fix.
Still a lot of work...I was going to do that yesterday afternoon but if I am moving those files anyway I would rather move to back up and do reset on OS so it is totally clean.
Bort in that thread is me lol.
Most issues related to updates are caused either by the security software or by the lack of a proper maintenance. You could try running Wise Disk Cleanup and advanced Windows Disk Cleanup, check health and file system as well.
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
if corrupted, run:
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
A few more commands to run, just to kill the time:
Code:fsutil usn deletejournal /d /n c: chkdsk /scan winmgmt /salvagerepository del "%temp%\*" /s /f /q del "%systemroot%\temp\*" /s /f /q Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & cleanmgr /sagerun:65535
The above link worked fairly well. The method that worked best was running command prompt from safe mode, one of the safe mode options. The built in command prompt from troubleshooting options didnt work.
What should I do if I get: "Error: 0x800f081f
The source files could not be found.
Use the "Source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more information on specifying a source location, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077. " This also happens with the sfc command
You need to load Windows ISO/USB and select the source manually. See option 1, part 7.
DISM - Repair Windows 10 Image
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:esd:E:\Sources\Install.esd:1 /limitaccess
I'm currently facing the same problem. My start menu button are not working, the notification bar too. File explorer, Chrome works on the taskbar though and I'm able to right click on the taskbar to reach task manager.
The other thing is Windows Store doesn't want to run, including games that came from it. Both my Candy Crush Saga and Soda just gave me a black screen and closes itself after a while. Microsoft Edge also could not be executed. Stuck at the blue "E" logo forever. EDIT: oh yeah and other MS programs also don't work for me, like Calculator, Calendar, Sports. Looks a lot like this https://i.imgur.com/sSx9Rvu.png
Just installed the compatibility update MS released but I didn't notice anything different and the problem still persist. Help!
Currently using a "Classic Shell" as an alternative for start menu, but really not looking forward to keep this as the permanent one. Also, sfc /scannow couldn't find anything, some strings that was meant for "Powershell" also didn't fix this issue and I'm really hopeful that someone here could help me out, and others who are also experiencing the same situation
Last edited by iDamn; 17 Mar 2017 at 07:35.
Now I'm just wondering if uninstalling the update through here would be a safe idea? https://i.imgur.com/UuYAIz8.png
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